ULM coach Jeff Schexnaider has a mound meeting with his team earlier this year. The eighth-year head coach was terminated Thursday morning after an 8-17 start to the season.

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ULM will open its third Sun Belt Conference series this evening when the Warhawks host UALR, beginning at 6 p.m.

Assistant coach Bruce Peddie will still be in the third base box, graduate assistant Brandon Alexander will be in the first base box and junior right hander Chris Hunt will make what has become his routine Friday night start.

Only Peddie will be juggling his hitting coach duties and interim head coaching duties after first-year athletic director Brian Wickstrom made the decision to terminate head coach Jeff Schexnaider's contract Thursday morning after eight years at the helm of ...